Shadow - Do You Mindblast On CD?

The only time you should not MB on CD, is if you have TM, it proccs while u have MB on CD, and can't fit 3 MBs into the duration of the procc, or if you recast Dots, Emp Shadows runs out, you MB on CD once, and still haven't got an orb when your 2nd MB comes off CD. In that case, keep flaying for an orb. Some ppl might tell you to cast MB on CD regardless of orbs. Don't listen to bad advice, this will only make you do good dps, not awesome.

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you are missing some options for that poll, at least the most important one...
casting MB on CD is better than just with orbs ( I guess)

but the right way to do it is:
1. MB off CD, you have a Orb: cast it!
2. No orb? cast MB, if ES buff lasts longer than ~8sec (so that MB will come off cooldown te refresh ES befor it falls of, and hope for a orb proc!)
3. No orb and ES falling off soon? Check your Dot updtimes left: dots still ticking over 8sec? Then cast that MB, you will "only" be having 7sec of reduced MF dmg.
4. No orb, ES falling of, dots running out: recast dots befor ES wears off! dots without ES = fail! Still use MB (or hold it and hope, but I'm not a big fan of hoping for 18% proccs)

long story short: watch your ES buff. Use MB as much as possible. Decide yourself what to do if no orbs come (Hope or Cast on CD)

Very situational. I sometimes hold off Mind Blast a second or two if AA is about to come up or if I want to fish an orb for some mega buffed DoTS etc. But anyone Mind Blasting on cooldown will do good DPS, too bad very few even manage to do that.

you are missing some options for that poll, at least the most important one...
casting MB on CD is better than just with orbs ( I guess)

but the right way to do it is:
1. MB off CD, you have a Orb: cast it!
2. No orb? cast MB, if ES buff lasts longer than ~8sec (so that MB will come off cooldown te refresh ES befor it falls of, and hope for a orb proc!)
3. No orb and ES falling off soon? Check your Dot updtimes left: dots still ticking over 8sec? Then cast that MB, you will "only" be having 7sec of reduced MF dmg.
4. No orb, ES falling of, dots running out: recast dots befor ES wears off! dots without ES = fail! Still use MB (or hold it and hope, but I'm not a big fan of hoping for 18% proccs)

long story short: watch your ES buff. Use MB as much as possible. Decide yourself what to do if no orbs come (Hope or Cast on CD)

You actually only need ES to have time remaining = to a MB CD - your MF cast time. This is because you can cast MF just before ES expires so MF gets the ES buff applied to it and then when you finish casting MF you immediately cast MB to get a new refresh on MB.

So if my memory is correct ~5 sec remaining it's ok to MB. The only thing you are risking there is if in that 5 sec you need to refresh dots you are lessening your MF tick count and could end up with a situation where you have no orbs after the 5sec, however missing out on some non ES MF's isn't the end of the world.

ES in itself isn't important. What is important is that you have it up when refreshing VT (and less important, DP). The additional MB count, by far outweights the loss dmg from MFing without ES up

Last edited by ThrashMetalFtw; 2011-10-25 at 10:20 PM.

They're (short for They are) describes a group of people. "They're/They are a nice bunch of guys." Their indicates that something belongs/is related to a group of people. "Their car was all out of fuel." There refers to a location. "Let's set up camp over there." There is also no such thing as "could/should OF". The correct way is: Could/should'VE, or could/should HAVE.Holyfury armory